The Texas Department of Agriculture oversees the "State Office of Rural Health," which provides services, programs and grants for rural health in the amount of approximately $3.5 million per year.

With the passage of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill cutting healthcare funding to give more kickbacks to the billionaire funders, many rural hospitals are at greater risk of closing. According to a CHQPR study, 76 rural Texas hospitals are at risk of closure and 12 rural Texas hospitals are at immediate risk of closing.

As these hospitals close, so too will ambulance services in rural communities. This could create a death spiral, harming a large number of Texans.

Connection to Healthy Texas Agenda

Clayton will be using his office to lower healthcare prices and to increase the number of hospitals/clinics in rural Texas. This may include him personally lobbying Congress to pass federal bills to make healthcare affordable.